Business incubation training begins Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 11:The Incubator Initiative in Nepal (IIN), a project under IT Professional Forum (ITPF) has launched a three-day long business incubation managers’ training, today. The training, first of its kind in Nepal,... 11 Apr, 2005
Focus on regional tourism: PATA Gopal Tiwari Kathmandu, February 25: At a time when Nepal’s ‘economy and politics’ are not considered ‘favourable’, tourism experts from Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) in charge of promoting regional tourism in the Asia Pacific, spent... 25 Feb, 2005
TOPICS : Our ailing economy and limited options Surendra Uprety: In a situation in which selected economic indicators are showing the critical health of the Nepali economy, the macroeconomic measures would possibly be ineffective since the non-econo-mic factors have significantly contrib-uted to the... 22 Feb, 2005
LETTERS Stop cheating students:I am a 17-year-old studying in the tenth standard. We all know that the SLC examination is approaching and that the sent-up papers are going on. However, I am one of those unfortunate students of this country who will not be... 02 Feb, 2005
Nepal’s economy moving towards non-agriculture sectors Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 29: Although 80 per cent of Nepal’s population is dependent on agriculture, the share of farm income out of the total income has declined by 13 per cent in the last decade, showing a gradual shift towards... 29 Jan, 2005
No more subsidy on petro-products: Prime Minister Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 12:Prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has clarified today that the government increased the price of petroleum products as it could not run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) by giving subsidy only. Deuba was addressing... 12 Jan, 2005
Foreign aid suspension Hard choices for the decision makers Raghab D. Pant The suspension of foreign aid will hit Nepal’s economic growth and the poverty level, especially of the rural sector. I will limit myself to the implementation of the budget for the fiscal year 2004/05. The question of suspension of... 03 Jan, 2005
Incorporate WTO provisions in tourism policy, says Gurung Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 25:Dr Harka Gurung, a noted geographer and former tourism minister has emphasised on framing a new tourism policy, compatible with commitments and provisions under the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Speaking at an... 25 Jun, 2004
TAKING STOCK: Dance with the elephants Rakesh Wadhwa Kathmandu For the people of Nepal there are two options: They can view their landlocked status with despondency and consider it as an excuse for their lack of economic progress, or, they can regard that being linked to the two largest and... 30 May, 2004
Clear the mess A lot of concern was generated among the public over the erratic pattern in the delivery of Nepali workers by certain manpower agencies to Malaysia following the incident in February when 45 Nepali labourers were stranded at Kuala Lumpur International... 28 Apr, 2004
In defence of democracy Longing for peace and security In defence of democracyLonging for peace and securitySher Bahadur DeubaQuote: We will deal decisively with terrorists and defeat them. The commitment to promoting peace, security and democracy has and will always remain closest to my heart.In the last... 29 May, 2002
Tea business has great potential to boost Nepal’s economy More than 80 per cent of the country’s population is said to be agriculture-based but the agro-products contribute only 39.7 per cent to the GDP. This irony can be broken by tea industry.Tea industry has great prospects for boosting Nepal’s... 23 May, 2002
